France's leading publishing and authors' associations have filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Meta for allegedly using copyright-protected content on a massive scale without authorisation to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

French law protects publishers and authors’ copyrights from infringement by AI platforms using their work for training, but the EU’s new Artificial Intelligence Act should make things simpler.

Leading French authors and publishers are now party to a milestone lawsuit against Meta, questioning the exploitation of copyrighted work to train AI by the platform. The case, filed in a Paris court, is France’s first and follows on from a wave of creators around the globe pushing against unauthorized use of intellectual property.

A federal judge is allowing an AI-related copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, although he dismissed part of the suit. In Kadrey vs. Meta,

French publishers and authors are taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model.

Meta is facing an AI copyright lawsuit in France that's been brought by authors and publishers who are accusing it of economic "parasitism," Reuters